Figurative Language Flashcards
A point by point comparison of two unlike things. The relationship between the first two items is also the relationship between the second two.
Analogy
An extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
A word used to represent a sound
Onomatopoeia
A stylistic device that repeats the same first consonant sounds in words occurring close together
Alliteration
A phrase or expression that means something quite different than what the words actually say. Example, you’re in hot water!
Idiom
Writing that departs from literal meaning to achieve a special effect or meaning by using figures of speech like similes, idioms, ETC.
Figurative language
An object that stands for an idea
Symbol
This takes place went to more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds.
Assonance
A brief and indirect reference to person place thing or idea of historical, cultural literary, or political significance
Allusion
And expression that has been overused
Cliché
Description in writing that makes it become a picture for the reader and appeals to the senses
Imagery
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human
Personification
A play on words produced by at using a word to her more meetings or are using similar sounding words having different meanings. These are meant to be funny.
Pun
Comparison between two unlike things that uses is or was
Metaphor
The literal or dictionary meanings of the word
Denotation
